Piedimulera

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Piedimulera
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Piedimulera (Italy)
Piedimulera
Country Italy
region Piedmont
province Verbano-Cusio-Ossola  (VB)
Coordinates 46 ° 1 ′  N , 8 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
height 248  m slm
surface 7 km²
Residents 1,494 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 213 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 28885
prefix 0324
ISTAT number 103053
Popular name piedimuleresi
Patron saint Anthony of Padua ( June 13 )
Website Piedimulera
Ossola Valley in the Piedmont region
Testoni Palace
Office buildings
Ferrerio Tower

Piedimulera is a municipality in the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB) in the Piedmont region .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​7  km² . The fractions Aprì, Catarnallo, Cimamulera, Colletto, Crosa, Gozzi Sopra, Gozzi Sotto, La Piana, Madonna, Meggiana, Mezzamulera, Morlongo, Pairazzi and San Giuseppe belong to Piedimulera. The neighboring municipalities are Calasca-Castiglione , Pallanzeno , Pieve Vergonte and Vogogna .

history

The territory of the lower Ossola Valley shares several historical events with the Piedimulera: first they depend on the Pieve Vergonte , until 1328 and then on Vogogna . After the end of the civil territorial reference with the Pieve Vergonte, however, the religious survived, so much that the two churches Cimamulera and Piedimulera, built in the Middle Ages as chapels dependent on these churches, were able to break away from it to take over the dignity of the parishes in 1542 first and in 1763 the second.

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 988 1044 1007 934 1091 1139 1602 1796 1740 1673 1559 1536

Attractions

  • Palazzo Testoni, the original main component of which is a strong square tower. Built in 1595 by Desiderio Ferrerio, probably to control the mule track that led to the Valle Anzasca . A century later, the Testori family transformed the tower into a noble palace that it is today, known for its rich halls decorated with stucco and paintings.
  • Neoclassical parish church of Santi Giorgio e Antonio Abate. The building is organized in a single nave between 1785 and 1790. In the interior of the main portal you can see the painting Cristo Morto by an unknown artist; There are also interesting paintings by the painter Lorenzo Peretti, including a fresco depicting the martyrdom of St. John of Nepomuk . The bell tower next to it dates from the same period (built in 1792) and was raised in the following century.
  • Parish church of Sant'Antonio Abate in the fraction of Cimamulera consists of a central and two small aisles. It was built in the 17th century and expanded in 1707.
  • Ferrerio medieval tower.

literature

  • Various authors: Comuni della Provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte, Chieri 2012, ISBN 9788896074503 .
  • Various authors: Il Piemonte paese per paese. Bonechi Editore, Firenze 1996, ISBN 88-8029-156-4 .
  • Various authors: Piemonte (non compresa Torino). Touring Club Italiano, Milano 1976, p. 625, Piedimulera online in (Italian)

Web links

Commons : Piedimulera  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Lorenzo Peretti (Italian) on icandreatestore.it/webspace/risorseterritoriali